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sheath (SHEETH) (noun)
1. A cover or case for something: "In her craft class, she made a leather sheath for her cousin’s hunting knife."
2. Any of a variety of coverings or supporting structures: "The woman's umbrella has a protective sheath which she uses when she puts it back into her shoulder bag."
2. Any of a variety of coverings or supporting structures: "The woman's umbrella has a protective sheath which she uses when she puts it back into her shoulder bag."
sheathe (SHEETH) (verb)
1. To cover something with a protective layer: "The builders will sheathe the walls of the house with plastic to make it windproof before putting up the brick siding."
2. To put something; such as, a sword, into a into a protective case or covering: "The swordsman was about to sheathe his sword."
2. To put something; such as, a sword, into a into a protective case or covering: "The swordsman was about to sheathe his sword."
The roofers were using a plastic sheath material to sheathe the hole in the roof until after the heavy rains.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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“sheath”
(Greek ελυτρον > Modern Latin: covering, wrapping; sheath, casing; by extension, vagina)
(Greek: sheath, husk)
(Greek > Latin: case, capsule, sheath, container, receptacle [also: a placing, a setting, a putting]; "a place where" something is kept)
(Latin: originally, "sheath, scabbard, the husk of grain"; in medical science, the vagina or lowest part of the female genital tract, the canal that leads from the vulva to the uterus)
(Greek: bone marrow; the spinal cord and medulla oblongata; the myelin sheath of nerve fibers)
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“sheath”
carotid sheath
The dense fibrous tissue enveloping the carotid artery, internal jugular vein, and vagus nerve on each side of the neck.
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carotid-, caroti-, carotio-
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A protective covering with a window cut in the tip or lateral convexity (surface that is evenly curved outward), through which special cutting instruments can be passed.
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fenestra-, fenestr-
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“sheath”
1. A close fitting cover of something; especially, anything that is elongated in shape or structure: One kind of sheath is a safe place to keep the blade of a sword or a knife.
2. The connective tissues in the body that closely cover an organ or parts of the anatomy: There are sheaths around nerve fibers, vessels, muscles, tendons, and joints in bodies.
3. A protective cover of objects: The electrician made sure that the wires were covered with plastic sheaths.
4. Etymology: from Old English scaeth, sceath, "scabbard" of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schede and German Scheide, "split, divide".
2. The connective tissues in the body that closely cover an organ or parts of the anatomy: There are sheaths around nerve fibers, vessels, muscles, tendons, and joints in bodies.
3. A protective cover of objects: The electrician made sure that the wires were covered with plastic sheaths.
4. Etymology: from Old English scaeth, sceath, "scabbard" of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schede and German Scheide, "split, divide".
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English Words in Action, Group S
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